Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli, in the name of the director of the former enemy command post of the Military Commission, issued a mobilization order to the Central Army and local troops in Guangdong and Guangxi. His deployment was to set up a line of defense in the Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula before the Japanese army launched an attack. Among them, about 12 troops were mobilized from the Central Army, and about 8 were from Guangdong and Guangxi local troops.

After the order was issued, the Central Army was the first to respond, and Chen Cheng, chief of staff of the Nanjing Camp of the former enemy command post of the Military Commission, replied on his behalf, "Vice Chairman Tang Xunjian, all the troops transferred will be stationed in various places in the southwest, and the Sixth Army The Department of He Yingting and the Department of Liu Zhenbang of the Eighth Army are stationed in the Xikang area. The Department of No.11 Army Wang Fulin and the Department of No.20 Seventh Army Wu Shifu are stationed in the west and north of Sichuan respectively. It is relatively difficult to gather troops. It is expected to reach the new defensive area. Two months later, the situation was unavoidable, and I hope the vice-chairman will forgive me, I have already sent competent officers to the above-mentioned areas to urge the ministries to implement the order."

This is a telegram full of lies. It took two months to reach the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. It was too late. It was clearly a "dragging" tactic. I still underestimated Chairman Jiang's determination to preserve his strength. I originally thought that sending such an adult If you want to give love to the old man, you can't wait to reach out your hand, but Chairman Jiang has changed from usual and has become more cautious.

In fact, after Tang Qiuli's order reached several Central Army units, Generalissimo Jiang immediately summoned his confidants to study Tang Qiuli's intentions together. I have dealt with Tang Qiuli many times, and I have an instinctive guard against him, and I always feel that it is a trap.

On the contrary, military generals, such as Chen Cheng and others, advocated using this opportunity to expand the power of the central government to Guangdong and Guangxi, but the civilian officials opposed it. In the end, it was Chairman Jiang who said, "Stop arguing and send troops." Let’s talk about the matter and agree to it. We will control the time to send troops, and don’t be used as a gunman.” This is the final decision. Generalissimo Jiang and the civil officials agree that Tang Qiuli’s order has evil intentions and provokes the Central Army and the Central Army. Local forces in Guangdong and Guangxi clashed. [

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also responded very quickly. The next day after receiving the order, they called back and clearly stated that they fully complied with the order of Vice Chairman Tang. Tang Qiuli was very pleased that Li Bai's knowledge and courage surpassed that of the other.

But after seeing Yu Hanmou's call back, Tang Qiuli was relieved, and it disappeared. Anyone who saw Yu Hanmou's call back would be blown away, "Vice Chairman Tang Xunjian, since the signing of the five-province military joint defense agreement, Han Mou Wei, Commander-in-Chief of the Tang Dynasty, is following the lead, and all the armed forces in Guangdong Province are dispatched by the Commander-in-Chief, not to mention that it is for the defense of Guangdong, and Han Mou has no reason to prevaricate and refuse to obey orders."

This sounded good and made people feel comfortable, but the following telegram changed its taste, "However, Vice Chairman Tang already knows the current situation of Guangdong Province well. Distressed, Vice Chairman Wan Wang sympathized with the actual difficulties of Han Mou, and generously extended a helping hand to supplement the equipment, food and medicine for the Cantonese Army. Otherwise, the mobilization of the Cantonese Army is really difficult. It's not what the vice chairman wants!"

After reading Yu Hanmou's reply, Tang Qiuli was almost annoyed. He didn't know what this Yu Hanmou was thinking. He regarded himself as a rich man in the Tang Dynasty, and he opened his mouth like a lion, asking for money, guns and medicine. How could he be like this? Confident that he can satisfy himself, thinking that he will meet his requirements, I have seen thick-skinned people, but I have never seen such shameless people, are you poor and crazy?

This person has everything. For a person like Yu Hanmou, Tang Qiuli didn't even have the thought to answer a sentence. Dealing with such a person was an insult to his IQ. He did what he had to do. Everyone's situation is different, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi still need to help, as for Yu Hanmou, Tang Qiuli gave him three words "Go to hell!" After that, he stayed at the headquarters of Feng Jiwu Corps in Quanzhou , Put all your thoughts on paying attention to the movements of the Japanese army.

Tang Qiuli's judgment is correct. In Japan, all the energy has been devoted to the upcoming trend of southern China. As early as the beginning of March, Emperor Hirohito of Japan ordered the headquarters to form the Imperial Japanese Empire. , This is the structure of the front army, appointed by Emperor Hirohito, the senior general Toshiichi Terauchi, who was the military counselor of the Japanese base camp at the time, served as the commander, and the former deputy chief of staff of the army, Lieutenant General Luo Tiangong, served as the chief of staff of the Southern Expedition Army.

Although Terauchi Shouichi is a general with high qualifications and prestige in the Japanese army, his reputation in the southern China and Southeast Asian battlefields is not as good as Lieutenant General Yamashita Homoni, who is known as the "Malay Tiger" in the history of the Japanese army. At that time, Yamashita was the commander of the No.15 Army of the Southern China Expedition Army, which was known as the "Steel Army" and swept across Southeast Asia.

Fengwen Yamashita, who was famous in the battlefields of southern China and Southeast Asia in World War II, is really prestigious. The most famous record is that he drove 13 kilometers on bicycles with [-] infantry in two weeks in Singapore. The forced surrender captured [-] British, Indian and Australian coalition forces, leading to the collapse of British colonial rule in the East.

The No.15 Army of Fengwen Yamashita, the biggest achievement in Southeast Asia, is to beat the British, which can be said to have swept the British-Myanmar-Australian coalition forces like a roll. This man is known for his boldness and fierceness. He is good at penetrating and long-distance raids. The military academy has a special liking for the blitzkrieg of the German army.

They often dared to use a large force to attack and outflank the tens of thousands of troops of the British and Burmese coalition forces. , had to be defeated in India, and the Chinese expeditionary force of 15 people entered Burma to fight, and they also suffered at the hands of this person, and staged a tragic and tragic retreat of the savages.

Emperor Hirohito took out such a strong general. It can be seen that he is determined to win the Southeast Asian area, and the Japanese Southern Expedition Army in China is also strong in strength. It has the third, fourth, seventh, eighth, No.11, and No. .15 Six armies, attached to the second and third flight groups, with a total force of more than 56 people and more than [-] combat aircraft of various types.

After the establishment of the Japanese China Southern Expeditionary Force, it will start from the mainland and use China's Taiwan Island and Hainan Island as the main bases for attack. As the main force, with Taiwan Island as the base, they crossed the Taiwan Strait and attacked the coastal areas of Fujian.

The Seventh Army, No.11 Army and No.15 Army were the main forces, based on Hainan Island, crossed the Qiongzhou Strait, landed in Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula, attacked Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hunan, and captured Chongqing, the seat of the Chinese government. The Eighth Army serves as the strategic general reserve force, and if the two attacking arrows of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army go well, the entire southern China, except Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Songhu, will completely fall into the hands of the Great Japanese Empire.

In addition, the base camp of the Japanese army also has the strategic need to further occupy Southeast Asia based on southern China. Southeast Asia is rich in natural mineral deposits, like a piece of oily fat. Salivating, eyeballs are red, but these places are in the hands of others, so I am anxious, jumping in a hurry, and have insomnia at night.

These natural resources have always been important strategic sources of iron ore, petroleum, rubber, tungsten, tin, etc. on which the Japanese economy depends. China's actual colonial occupation finally suffered from the law. Now, Germany is taking action in Europe, and countries such as Britain and the United States are busy dealing with the situation in Europe. This has created opportunities for the Japanese. Therefore, Emperor Hirohito can't wait to do it.

Although the plan is good, the plan to land on the coast of Fujian has encountered great difficulties. There is only one reason. The imperial army has never been defeated in combat. The famous Kwantung Army has suffered a lot under his command. Lieutenant General Feng Jiwu, the commander of the corps, is Tang Qiuli's trusted confidant, and his combat style is extremely fierce.

Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps conducted large-scale exercises and training with great fanfare along the coast of Fujian, which put great pressure on the Japanese troops dispatched to southern China. The original plan was to attack Taiwan and Hainan at the same time, but unexpectedly, Disrupting all deployments, the Feng Jiwu Corps was stationed in Fujian, which became a thorn in the throat of Japan's South China Expedition Army.

The headquarters convened the commanders of various armies and divisions to discuss countermeasures. At the meeting, the senior Japanese generals who held opposing opinions almost quarreled. Strongly request the headquarters to implement the original plan

Yamashita Fengwen also said contemptuously: "Masters, if you feel embarrassed because you think Fujian is defended by the Chinese army, then I personally request, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, to give my No. 15 Army the task of capturing the coastal areas of Fujian alone." The tone of Fengwen Yamashita's speech was similar to that of a normal trip. The contempt for the Chinese army and Chinese people has been deeply rooted in the bones of this fanatical militarist. [

No one said anything, Yamashita Fengwen was arrogant enough, not only despised the squadron, but even his colleagues looked down on the company, the commanders of the third and fourth armies who were despised, surprisingly did not refute, but the anger in the expression, Unable to suppress it, the commander-in-chief Terauchi Kotobuki frowned